Laura Marshall, a 31-year-old dental nurse, was found dead in the bath at her apartment on Victoria Street, Lurgan and is believed to have been murdered sometime between March 31 and April 3, 2016. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. The PSNI said she suffered multiple injuries consistent with a serious assault.
A man was charged with murder shortly after Ms Marshall's death, allegations he denied. Two years later the case against him was dropped after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) decided to withdraw all charges. Advertisement Advertisement A preliminary hearing ahead of the inquest into Ms Marshall’s death was held at Laganside Courts in Belfast on Wednesday.
A full inquest was scheduled for three weeks in September, however at Wednesday’s hearing, coroner Louisa Fee, having heard of the lengthy list of discovery still outstanding, said she believed the inquest could not take place until January at the earliest. She asked for six weeks to be set aside for that inquest due to the extensive scope of the papers and evidence. There will be another review in early September.
Some of the outstanding evidence includes PSNI papers and evidence including telecoms data and CCTV footage. The hearing heard that some of that footage is no longer compatible with modern Windows software. The coroner insisted that the extension to January for the inquest is not a reason to ‘down to.
